Helmet urchin - Aceh Selatan

Aceh Selatan - Colobocentrotus atratus
The main habitats: coastal tidal Hndvaram especially off the coast of Hawaii

Fitness: The sea urchins dark chestnut color and domed like a limpet. The outer surface of the body of a collection of small polygonal plates and spines margin, adjusted his body to form a ring surrounding a large bed. Under the body, there is another loop with smaller flat spines. It was a lot of foot tube.

Maximum size: 7 cm

Living conditions: the cucumber on platforms that are fully exposed to EMF, live. Studies have shown that compared to other sea urchin against waves are more resistant. In fact, combine the cucumber-shaped, flat spines and strong adhesion, especially their tube feet to three times more resistant than the other cucumber. For this reason, members of these species are capable in the rough waves and coastlines that are hard to sea, their lives.

Supply of marine snails periwinkle, other cucumber and red algae feed.